[1] The cast of Survivor: South Pacific. Photo by Mediaworks. Survivor alumni Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Ozzy Lusth are returning to our screens this week when they compete against 16 new contestants in Survivor: South Pacific.
Coach finished fifth on Survivor: Tocatins and 12th on Heroes vs Villains, while Lusth was runner-up on Cook Islands and ninth on Micronesia - Fans vs Favourites.
Although Coach and Lusth don't have a rivalry like last season's vets, "Boston" Rob Mariano and Russell Hantz, host Jeff Probst says they do have something in common.
"What they share together is their social games suck," Probst says.
"Coach? He blew it in Heroes vs Villains.
"He blew it seven different ways. And Ozzy got voted out with an idol in his hand!
"So we looked at it and said, 'Here are two guys that do have a redemption story. Yes, you've played. Yes, you're popular, but you don't know what you're doing in this game'."
Also unlike last season, Probst believes the two will have a much harder time winning than Mariano did because, well, Mariano won.
"Boston Rob [Mariano] winning last season made it very difficult for Coach and Ozzy," Probst says. "We even talked about giving them immunity. We said, maybe we should give them immunity for the first Tribal Council and let them get their feet wet, and we said that's just not our show. You're on your own."
• Survivor: South Pacific premieres on Wednesday at 8.30pm on FOUR.
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